Mapping interactions between the sustainable development goals: lessons learned and ways forward

Pursuing integrated research and decision-making to advance action on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) fundamentally depends on understanding interactions between the SDGs, both negative ones (“trade-offs”) and positive ones (“co-benefits”). This quest, triggered by the 2030 Agenda, has howe...

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Published in:Sustainability science Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 1489 - 1503
Main Authors: Nilsson, Måns, Chisholm, Elinor, Griggs, David, Howden-Chapman, Philippa, McCollum, David, Messerli, Peter, Neumann, Barbara, Stevance, Anne-Sophie, Visbeck, Martin, Stafford-Smith, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.11.2018
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
2030 Agenda
Climate Change Management and Policy
Connections
Decision making
Development
Earth and Environmental Science
energy
Environment
Environmental Economics
Environmental Management
governance
Interlinkages
Knowledge platform
Landscape Ecology
Mapping
Policy analysis
Public Health
SDG
Special Feature: Integrated Knowledge Generation for Transformations towards Sustainability from Local to Global Scales
Special Feature: Original Article
sustainability science and engineering
Sustainable Development
Typology
Connections
Development
2030 Agenda
Interlinkages
Knowledge platform
SDG
ISSN:1862-4065, 1862-4057, 1862-4057
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Summary:Pursuing integrated research and decision-making to advance action on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) fundamentally depends on understanding interactions between the SDGs, both negative ones (“trade-offs”) and positive ones (“co-benefits”). This quest, triggered by the 2030 Agenda, has however pointed to a gap in current research and policy analysis regarding how to think systematically about interactions across the SDGs. This paper synthesizes experiences and insights from the application of a new conceptual framework for mapping and assessing SDG interactions using a defined typology and characterization approach. Drawing on results from a major international research study applied to the SDGs on health, energy and the ocean, it analyses how interactions depend on key factors such as geographical context, resource endowments, time horizon and governance. The paper discusses the future potential, barriers and opportunities for applying the approach in scientific research, in policy making and in bridging the two through a global SDG Interactions Knowledge Platform as a key mechanism for assembling, systematizing and aggregating knowledge on interactions.
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ISSN:1862-4065
1862-4057
1862-4057
DOI:10.1007/s11625-018-0604-z